SATURDAY 28th AUGUST 1965.

TOO CASUAL CITY SLIDE TO DEFEAT.

WATFORD 3
Salter; Welbourne, Jones; Garvey, Williams, Houghton; Saunders, Bond, Holton, Hugo, Harris,

EXETER CITY 0
Shearing; Smyth, Peapell; Mitchell Harvey, Fulton; Welsh, Banks, McLean, Carter, Ley.

Scorers Watford Saunders, Hugo, Harris

Attendance 10,580.

Watford brought their points tally to five from three games to clinch their best post war start to a season, but they had little to beat in a too casual City sideExeter were a goal down after just seven minutes, and what a fine goal it was, Saunders ran fully 40 yards before beating Shearing with a great shot, He saw another fine effort rebound off a post in the first half dominated by the Watford side, City never recovered, their attacks were disjointed McLean was worked to death chasing hopeless balls, A handfull of good crosses from Welsh dropped into no mans land between McLean and the left touchiineThe midfield link was erratic and City's defence was poor. Hesitation, miskicks and bad passes were standard, a good clean move was an exception, Hugo 13 minutes into the second half increased Watford's lead, with Hrris adding a third goal two ainutes from timeCity were pulled up in this half for hard tackling by the referee on several occasions, the home crowd were not happy with these Exeter tactics, which were due to desperation rather than dirty play.

Western League

EXETER CITY RESERVES 2
Barnett; Taylor, Arbury; Rice, Anderson, Balson ; Stuckey, Riding, Curtis, Richardson, Tolchard,

ANDOVER 2.

Scorers
Exeter City Riding, Curtis
Andover Case 2.

City's reserve team of experience and youth grabbed a point against Andover but it was not a game to rave about, On the run of play a draw was a fair result with Andover fighting back from a goal down. They took the lead in the 30th minute when Case headed in a cross from Hall, City equalised almost on half time through Riding, who ran onto a pass from Curtis. In the 48th minute Riding was brought down and Curtis scored from the spotAndover completed Andover completed the scoring in the 75th minute when Case again scored with a superb header.

REDUCED DEBTS AND SIGHTS ARE SET HIGH.

Only a dozen shareholders other than the directors attended the Annual meeting of Exeter City Football and Athletic Company last nightThey heard the chairman Mr Reg Rose talk of the club's forward movement and the policy of setting their target high and really making the club goNot only had the club shown a profit of £9,000 on the facilities for supporters, £9,000 on the year but improvements had been made to the ground and Mr F.E.J.Dart was elected to succeedd Mr J.Rodgers as vice chairman, it had been decided some time ago that the position of vice chairman would be rotated among the rest of the board,

MONDAY 30th AUGUST 1965.

BALSON A CITY PROSPECT.

One Exeter City defender came out of the reserve team game at St James's Park with Andover on Saturday with a great deal of distinction, He was left haff Mike Balson, who was a close season signing from BridportThe 17 year old tackles hard, covers a lot of ground and could be a player for the future